The connection starts with your feet!- Singers be a prize fighter
Correct singing posture is three told fold: first- It makes you look appealing, second- you need it to set your body up so that the voice sails out freely, and third- it sets you up to ground yourself so that your free voice is deeply rooted and grounded in sound giving you more color, projection, and volume.
Singing posture for looking good:
Nobody wants to look at a slouching singer. Your posture should give off an air of confidence that is warm and friendly. Think of three strings. The first pulls you straight up from your sternum, the second pulls up from the back of the head, and the third pulls down from the tail bone. You are long and tall.
The aligned singer:
We are not standing to up like a ballerina, rather “a proud tree”. Think of your feet “the roots” rooted in the ground, your body the truck is the support for your head which should be free to release the sound like leaves free in the wind- your voice just sails out free.
The grounded singer:
Now that you are confident and aligned beautifully, you need to add some grub and oomph to that sound. Think of yourself (not letting go of the previous ideas rather adding to them), as a prize fighter. Add a little bend in your knee feel tough- no one should be able to to knock you down physically. Your muscles in you feet and legs are strong and alert so that when you hit a note, you hit it with the support of all of your body as well as the ground beneath.
Sing strong!
Ariella Vaccarino creator of Voice Lessons To Go (singing lessons on CD), and aulthor of Vocalize!
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